I have a external hard disk, its been with me for a long time now and it was working fine untill a month ago, i tried turning on the hard disk, its starts making a very weired noise like "tik tik tik tik"
what can i do to fix this problem? please suggest and feel free to add anything on your mind relating to the topic.
2007-10-11 06:43:07 · 8 answers · asked by Spinywolf 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Sounds like the drive suffered a head crash. Probably not much that you can do about it. If you MUST get the information off, there are companies that will recover the data for you...they cost a lot though.
2007-10-11 06:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speed(Rotation per minute - RPM) of external hard disk is very less when compared to the one which is inside the CPU (internal). If it starts making noise. It is the sign to change the hard disk at the soonest possible. Do try to find whether bad sector is present in your hard disk. If so remove the bad sector using software. Many softwares are available. But I am not sure whether it will solve your problem.
2007-10-11 06:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Classic "it's really really broke" noise. Try powering it down for a couple days and see if it will work (cool it off) - if so BACK IT UP. Yes, I was yelling. Sometimes you only have a short period of time to back it up before it fails for good. (not yelling).
Since it is probably broke good, you could try "accidentally" dropping it a few inches onto something solid. That might give it a wake up call and get it running.
There are companies that specialize in data recovery for failed drives, and they can get critical information off the drive. Might cost a bit, but depends on what the information is worth.
Good luck [disclaimer murmur murmur]
PS I can't believe I suggested dropping a hard drive! But it could work...
2007-10-11 06:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by waltzme2heaven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope it is backed up. It sounds like your hard disk is dead or dying. The ticking sound is usually the arm hitting the disk. Hard disks fail simply from "old age". External drives only have a life span of 2 - 5 years so if you've had it longer, consider yourself lucky. If you can still get it to work, back it up IMMEDIATELY to anything, DVD's, CD's, flash drives, etc. If you can't get it to work and don't have a back up, there are recovery services BUT they can change HUNDREDS to recover your stuff.
I KNOW its not what you want to hear, but that is what is happening. I am very sorry.
2007-10-11 06:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by sandy81676 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
often once you get an hardware failure which incorporate video card, processor or ram you will get a chain of beep to tell you you have what the project is the definitely sequence is right down to the make of bios. so i don't element you have have been given a video card failure in case you probably did not get beeps while booting. while that's in stand by potential of have you ever tried pressing the area bar to convey it out. yet another element you may attempt have you ever hibernated it in case you have press F8 while booting and delete the fix documents then reboot. attempt entering secure mode
2016-10-22 01:21:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a new gateway computer once and it was making noises like a loud fan and it turned out it needed a modem.
2007-10-11 07:15:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like u need a new hard drive. u should get someone to have a look and see if they can take the data off it.
2007-10-15 02:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by nuggeteli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ouch. Does Windows recognize the drive at all? If it's not mounting now, it's probably gone for good. If you can still mount it, copy all your data off of it ASAP! Don't use it until you copy your data off, then send it for warranty replacement.
2007-10-11 06:49:14 · answer #8 · answered by John L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋